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To: blankmind who wrote (1594)	12/8/1997 9:55:00 AM
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PSINet and Gardy McGrath Present the 'World Wide Jam,' the Internet's First Live Jazz Festival Featuring 'Blue Guitars' from the Chinery Collection Three Full Days of America's Premier Jazz Guitar Artists to be Broadcast Live on the Internet During Fall Internet World Conference in New York City HERNDON, Va., Dec. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- PSINet Inc. together with Gardy McGrath International Inc. presents the Internet's first LIVE Jazz Festival broadcast in conjunction with the Fall Internet World 97 Conference at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City from December 10 - 12. The World Wide Jam offers in-person and on-line viewers the following: -- A uniquely American cultural art form -- jazz -- Geils and five of America's premier jazz guitar artists -- Three days of LIVE Internet performances: Wednesday: J. Geils and Gerry Beaudoin with Jay Leonhart (on bass) Thursday: Frank Vignola and Gene Bertoncini Friday: Jimmy Bruno and Jack Wilkins This concert series honors the new Smithsonian exhibition, "Blue Guitars," a presentation of contemporary archtop guitars from the Chinery Collection, on view at the National Museum of American History through October 1, 1998. Two of the Blue Guitars will be utilized in performances throughout the concert series. Performances will be from 11:00 - 11:45 am, 1:30 - 2:15 pm, 3:00 - 3:45 pm, and 4:15 - 5:30 pm (EST) each day except Friday. Friday's activities will conclude after the 3:00 - 3:45 pm performances. Randall Kremer of the Smithsonian Institution will formally introduce the performers. Representatives from the Smithsonian will be on hand to answer questions about the exhibition and discuss the role of the guitar in defining American culture. Eminent guitar experts will also participate in interviews and discussions throughout the concert series. To see the performances live, attendees and media representatives can stop by PSINet's Internet World Booth #1657 at the Jacob Javits Center, while on-line viewers can go to psiweb.com on the World Wide Web. Details, such as performance times and interviews, will be added to the site through December 12. The performances have been arranged to showcase TV onthe WEB LIVE, a joint business service of PSINet Inc. and TV onthe WEB(SM), a division of Gardy McGrath International's full-service television and video production facility. TV onthe WEB LIVE merges two of the most prevalent modern communications media -- traditional television broadcast and the Internet. Offered through PSINet's Applications and Web Services business unit, TV onthe WEB LIVE, which is one of several new PSINet business-oriented Multimedia Services to be announced during Internet World, is the industry's only complete service for producing, compressing, hosting and distributing audio, video, and animation content over the Internet. The broadcast will feature the TV onthe WEB "Webcaster(TM)," a specially designed multi-camera mobile Internet television station designed by Gardy McGrath technicians. NOTE TO EDITORS: For more information regarding artist interviews and media opportunities associated with the three-day LIVE broadcast, please see CONTACT. CONTACT: Michael Binko of PSINet, 703-904-4285, or binkom@psi.com; or Catherine Canterbury of RMR and Assoc., 301-217-0009, ext. 24, or ccanterbury@rmr.com, for PSINet. SOURCE PSINet Inc.